Flash-light battery



l N. n. FQRBES. FLASH LIGHT BATTERY, APPLICATION FILED APH. I3, 1920.

Lamm.

hmmm@ Nov. E16, 192% transverse-member."

. The ybattery Shown in the sistsiofa'number of dry'cells .5 of any. suit- I'"*Figfifiejs view Similar' te rig. i, but representinga battery -in which some of' the sealing -Inaterial has run beneathA the drawings y'cone able type.' i AS shown herein the battery is made ufp cfa p air of cellsfbut it will be understood that. any desired number maybe used.. [I he cellsV are placedwithin a carl -ton or 'casing' 6 4formed of suitablev non.` conducting material snchaspa'per and sur-' 'minalwlienithe-battery is placed Within thev '1' casing cfa -ashlight The carbon electrode rounded bythe 'usual' wrapper 7 which is vinthe nature of ax label.' The cellsa'reQ separated from' each other :by a partitionA 8 ofinsul'atingf material, such as-fWaXed-f paper. Ainetallic 'member v9 fis solderedor.'v otherwise attached; to the zinc-'cup oneoA the cellsand projectsbey'old the end of" the "-fbrought-xinto engagment' With-a lamp teif-,

battery :Where it kis suitably bent 'to be v of the-same cell is connected by means of a [Wire- '10 tothe Zinc electrode of the -other'f celly and the carbon termi'nal'of the latter V"mcell carries' aconductingimember 1l which;

Qprojects'beyond the 'top of the battery'in;y

'and shape to the interiorof thefcartonand tion' may nfotextend as' far;'as shown 'inthe fdrawings, in Vwhich case-the meinber- 12j-may: After the member'has been placed Within 'the top of the carton',"sui table sealing materialf rest upon the .tops ofxthe'carbon terminals.

A14, '-sucli vasgthe usual reds'ea-ling Waxl is ,-.ponredjinto the'shallow-space thus'provded,

.toa level flush' With-the edge -of'thecarton The member lZmayltso closely within the carton that none 'of the *sealing '1n'aterial ,1l f vvill nun below the memberyin wh-ichffcas'e@ 1 e the resiilting article Willjappear asin` Fi 1,. or` in case thetniember 12fd'oes not tj asclosely Within'the'top of the carton, someif, of the 'sealing' materialmay run below'thef;

if. -latterto partially' lill4 thev space gbetweenf the member` and theytops' o :f tl 1 e ,c'e'lls vas` "shown-[in Fig. V 4; ln thisicase thelportionsj of the material which lie below then aemb'er .12'for1n lugs as at 15Which tend"to l1old the 'mass of material and themember 212- more securely in place Within the vend-of` the carton.A In any event, howeverf,- 1 the 'ment for preventing/any scalini?r the" 'members "reqnire no 'fastenindgderfices" i* tlins'dof not .add-v materiall *tothe-joost offasseme; blingthe. parte o thebattcrie's.

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member v12'Vshmild lit so closely `vviithin the cartonthat none, o r substantiallynone, of the sealing material runs over. the, led es'- of thev member andiy into the triangu ai' i spacesl' Whichare bounded bythe. dat 7o sidesof'the cartoln'vv the partition 8 .and 4the vcups ofthe eells'. The invention thus provides an arrange- 4 A I naterial from' 'flowing finto the'v tgiangn ar spaces material, due. toV the expansionf ci tlie' air the "s 'ides'of-t e "zizicciips `Wl1ilej-tlie ,material s'rsolidif. Theffmenibers:i12-may be LfOimed-o anysuitablefinexensive material and" -Inayfbe Ieheaplyf "pi-Q need largige v'quantities by dies 'of suit`able shape. As

they' may beffeuicklyinserted an side'yvithin'anbval pa er carton andadagat edto Abeheld therein y sealingmateria'l at.' ..ithet opq ffthe'feai'tonfthe combination of l.1.0111-` iall-from. runninglinto 4jth'e'fiee triangular- -f paces between the cellsand the cartonzwlien means for' preventing ythe' 'hot sealing mates it is"=pouredinto'tlie carton'. s

In 'a'.ldry' battereonsistinglf!)` beiV cells arrangeds'ideby side 'v carton land adaptedto be heldvtlieieiriiby sealin'g'material at the' l tepfloff"th Qrton, .the combinationot a transverse fitted .Withintlie end of the cafton 'tops of thecells for-preventing thematerial 110 from running into the 'free :spaces betvveen .the'cellsand'tlie carton, Wbenit is fpoili'ed" .fintofithe carton. 3.". n`adry battery consisting of a number lof cells arranged side by side Within. a car- 1154 tonand adapted tobe held therein by sealy. fing material. at 'the topotthe carton, .tl1e

combination.' 'of a" transverse member itta'ed` .Within the carton and spaced from'the tops` .fof the cells foy/ holdin'g-the sealing nieterial 12j@ @and pi'eventing any' snb'stantial 'a'ccum'nla` tion thereof beneath the member. i

he combination of 'al transverse member as within the battery, thereby.. conserving the v amount of material which fit'is necessary to .use 'in sealing'the. cellsin place.1as'f ave'llas-v preventing!thief-formation of bubbles inthe Within.. the'triangular "spaces into which the ber of cylindrical dr'yfcells arrangedside by material 'from runnin into the free spaces between theeells an carton, When it is poured into the top of the cartombut per-v mitting some of the material to flow into the space between the member and the tops of the cells to --aid in holding the material in i place when it has solidified.

5. In a dry battery consisting of a num ber of cylindrical dry-cells disposed side by Iside within an oval paper carton which eX- tends above thetop's of the cells, the com- .bination of an oval paper member fitted Within the'top of the carton adjacent to but spaced from the ends of the cells and sealing material filling the space above the member and having its top substantially flush with the top of the carton.

6. ln a'dry battery consisting of a nuni-` ber of cells disposed side by side .Within a carton which extends above the tops of the cells, and terminals for the cells consisting of flat members projecting beyond vthe top `of the carton, the combination of a member fitted Within the top of the carton and provided at its ends with notches throughwhich the terminals pass, and sealing material filling the space above the member and 'around Athe terminals.

7; 'In a dry batteryiconsistingof a carton cnntaining a number of cylindrical dry/bells placed side .by side and separated from each other by an insulating partition, the com# bin-ation of-a member fitted Within the top of the carton and seated on said partition -side and separated from each 'other by insulating partitions which extend beyond the tops of the cells, the combination of a member fitted within the top of the Acarton and resting upon the tops of the partitions, and

a layer of sealing material overlying the member and adhering to the inner face of v the carton to seal the cells therein. I n testimony, whereof I affix my si NATHANEL D. FOR ES.

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